On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:39:53 -0700 (PDT), RichA <
[email protected]>
wrote:
On Friday, 29 April 2022 at 09:07:52 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:36:33 -0700 (PDT), RichA <[email protected]>
wrote:
https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/3902421462/ingenuity-perseverance-landing-area-april-2022-2.jpeg
Terminal velocity on Mars is about five times greater than that on
Earth. So yeah... things tend to hit hard!
Need a much larger parachute.
Impracticably large, in fact. Which is why they only used a parachute
as part of the slowing down process. The final landing needs to be by
rocket, or something aerodynamic, or an energy absorber like those
giant airbags.
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